Food Assistance Landscape, September 2005

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英文名称：

Food Assistance Landscape, September 2005

作者：

Victor Oliveira

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=44451

关键词：

Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program;  FANRP;  Food Stamp Program;  National School Lunch Program;  School Breakfast Program;  Child and Adult Care Food Program;  WIC;  food assistance programs; 

年份：

2005

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

6 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

USDA expenditures for its 15 food assistance programs totaled $25.9 billion during the first half of fiscal 2005 (October 2004-March 2005), an 11-percent increase over the first half of fiscal 2004. Five programs-the Food Stamp Program, the National School Lunch Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the School Breakfast Program, and the Child and Adult Care Food Program-accounted for 95 percent of USDA's total expenditures for food assistance. Spending on each of these five programs grew during the first half of fiscal 2005 relative to the first half of fiscal year 2004, but most of the increase was due to the Food Stamp Program. This report uses preliminary data from the Food and Nutrition Service to examine trends in the programs at the midpoint of fiscal 2005. It also discusses a recent ERS report that presents findings from an evaluation of projects aimed at testing ways to increase Food Stamp Program participation among eligible elderly individuals.